superl free; unrestrained; unconfined.
2. broad ·superl comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
3. broad ·superl plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
4. broad ·superl strongly marked; as, a broad scotch accent.
5. broad ·noun the spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
6. broad ·superl extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
7. broad ·superl characterized by breadth. ·see breadth.
8. broad ·noun a lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
9. broad ·noun the broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
10. broad ·superl extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
11. broad ·superl cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
12. broad ·superl wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side;
opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
13. broad ·superl fig.: having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained;
applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.